Crystal structure of the sodium-proton antiporter NhaA dimer and new mechanistic insights

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 529-544

  Lee, Chiara ^a   Yashiro, Shoko ^a,b   Dotson, David L ^c   Uzdavinys, Povilas ^d   Iwata, So ^a,b,e,f,g   Sansom, Mark S P ^h   von Ballmoos, Christoph ^d   Beckstein, Oliver ^c,h   Drew, David ^a,d   Cameron, Alexander D ^a,b,e,i  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NHAA PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTON; SODIUM; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTONS; SODIUM; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84918551154     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201411219     Document Type: Article

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